Improved washing-machine



dnitd iatea @nicht @Wina i JAooB WEAVERVJR., 'or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

y Lena; Pazemzvo. 89,838, ma May 4,1869.

The .Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0! the same.

To all whom 'it ma@ conce/mE Be it known that I, JACOB WEAVER, Jr., of the city of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful I mproved Washing-Machine; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters marked thereon.

Drawing l is a perspective view of the machine.

The body ofthe machine, marked f, is a frame similar to lthat of a table, supported by four legs, having a sloping or curved bottom from the ends toward lthe centre, fastened together inthe 4usual manner.

A loose frame-work or cradle, marked C, set upon the Isteel springs O, galvanized or otherwise, is made to set inside the box or body of the machine, and is made so as to work loosely.

The end pieces of this frame are securely fastened to the `side pieces.

The springs O are Afastened to the inner sides of Y this haine, near Vthe ends, as shown in drawing 2, or may be attached in the centre, underneathwnthe end pieces, in which case but two springs may be used.

` The springs are fastened to theirplaces byan iron clip and screws.

The bottoms ofthe springs Aare loose, working o'n and setting on the bottom of -`the washing-machine, and

are soadjusted as to resist a downward pressure.

The side pieces of this Vloose frame or cradle may b e made straight, curved, or angular, and ontheir inside `centres are made hol'esof such diameter and depth,

equidistant from centreto centre, to receive the ends of the rollers" B, `which operateas a rolling-door.

The rollers B areto have such bearings on each end so'as to t these holes. i

' Letter h is a narrow strip, screwed on the insideof the machine, to keep the loose frame or cradle to its place, to prevent it om workingor having too much elasticity.

A'Awoodenbntton maybe adjusted in the centre to answer the same purpose.

" The three central rollers rubber, or not.

Letter a,in drawings l and A2, represents the washer,

B may be covered wiiji or roll, of such diameter andlength as to suit the rollers-'B and the loose frame or cradle O. This or roll, is luted` or corrugated.

Said indentations may be regular orotherwise; but I prefer forming exact involnte and evolute curves, the face and diameter of which are equal to those of the` washer,

rollers B, and their depth equal to onef'half of such l diameter.

` also be of wood if of iron, to extend such 'length outside the .washing-machine, so as to attach the crank. Between the inside of the machine and each end of the washer or roll, vin the space above the shaft occupied'by the side pieces of the loose frame or cradle c, is a cleat of wood, marked W, screwed on the sideof the washing-machine, attached to the under side of whichis fastened the steel spring N. j

'To the lower or bottom side of' these springs 4is attached a piece of wood with a bearing sunk to onehalf the diameter of the shaft ofthe washer or roll A, upon which itworks and rests.

The. action and adjustment of these springs, holding these pieces of woodvto their position, playing on the shaft ofthe roll A, compresses the same down against the rollers B.

The washer, or roll A, fis covered with tubular Indiarubber cloth, marked R, drawn on tightly, from which great smoothness and elasticity are derived.

Thus adjusted, attach the cranklg, and the machine Y is ready for operating.

The great point to `be arrived at, and to attain inv Washing-machines hitherto, has been to produce a really labor-saving machine, which would not only perform its work well and expeditiously, to be manipulated with ease, but toeiiectually obtain such combined elastic pressure and rubbing motion'at the same time,

so as not to break, wear, or tear the lightest or heaviest fabrics. Y

Having now described my invention,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

The combination of the roll A with the India rnbber R, the spring N, the frame 0,'and rollers B,.and 

